Unit 8: Rhetorical Strategies in Action

Every decision a writer makes, from a single comma to a whole paragraph's structure, is a deliberate rhetorical choice made with a .

The circumstances surrounding a piece of writing, including the writer, audience, purpose, context, and .

Moving beyond identification to explaining the of those choices, *how* they work, and *why* they were chosen.

Showing how all individual decisions (words, phrases, sentences, organizational patterns, appeals) together to create a specific effect and achieve the writer's purpose.

Explaining *how* and *why* a specific piece of evidence supports your claim about the writer's rhetorical choice; it's the bridge between the 'what' and the '?'